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AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Commercial quota adjustment for 2000; correction.

SUMMARY:

NMFS publishes additional adjustments to the 2000 commercial summer flounder and black sea bass quotas. This action complies with the regulations that implement the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries (FMP), which specifies that summer flounder landings in excess of a given state’s individual commercial quota be deducted from that state’s quota for the following year. Similarly, for black sea bass, the FMP specifies that landings in excess of a quota for a given quarter be deducted from the quota for the same quarter in the following year. The intent of this action is to account for additional 1999 summer flounder landings reported in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Maryland, and to correct Delaware landings downward and the black sea bass landings data for 1999 Quarters 2, 3, and 4.

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Background

At 65 FR 33486, May 24, 2000, NMFS published final specifications for the 2000 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries, which included preliminary 1999 landings and quota adjustments. At 65 FR 50463, August 18, 2000, and corrected at 65 FR 69886, November 21, 2000, NMFS announced adjustments to the 2000 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass commercial quotas based on updated 1999 landings data. Additional adjustments are necessary through this notification due to the receipt of late 1999 summer flounder landings data from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the States of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. In addition, some black sea bass landings reported by the State of Delaware in 1999 were double-counted, and landings from non-limited access black sea bass vessels that landed south of Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina, were incorrectly counted, meaning that the final 1999 landings were lower than announced in the August 18, 2000, Federal Register.

Summer Flounder

The 1999 quota, preliminary 1999 landings, and the resulting 1999 overages for all states for summer flounder are given in Table 1. The following states recorded landings of summer flounder different from those reported in the August 18, 2000, and November 21, 2000, Federal Register: MA, +7,357 lb (3,337 kg); NY, +145 lb (66 kg); NJ, +241 lb (109 kg); DE, -376 lb (171 kg); and MD, +16 lb (7 kg).

The resulting adjusted 2000 commercial quota for each state is given in Table 2, taking into account both the 1999 quota overages published in the August 18, 2000, and November 21, 2000, Federal Register and the additional landings previously noted.

1 Kilograms are as converted from pounds, and the column may not total correctly due to rounding.2 Parentheses indicate a negative number.3 Total quota is the sum of all states having allocation. A state with a negative number has an allocation of zero. Total quota and total landings do not equal overage because they reflect positive quota balances in several states.

Table 2. Summer Flounder Preliminary Adjusted 2000 Quotas by State

State

2000 Initial Quota

2000 Adjusted Quota

Lb

Kg1

Lb

Kg1

ME

5,284

2,397

3,956

1,794

NH

51

23

51

23

MA

757,834

343,748

703,136

318,943

RI

1,742,566

790,041

1,742,566

790,415

CT

250,788

113,756

244,085

110,715

NY

849,672

385,405

849,672

385,404

NJ

1,858,346

842,931

1,794,299

813,894

DE

1,977

897

(31,303)2

(14,199)2

MD

226,568

102,770

226,568

102,771

VA

2,368,546

1,074,354

2,293,410

1,040,273

NC

3,049,560

1,383,257

3,049,560

1,383,257

Total3

11,109, 214

5,039,055

10,876,000

4,947,489

1 Kilograms are as converted from pounds, and the column may not total correctly due to rounding.2 Parentheses indicate a negative number.3 Total quota is the sum of all states having allocation. A state with a negative number has an allocation of zero.

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